Addiction
effected by genetic factors, parents, temperament, social conditioning and enneagram number causes powerlessness to control or resist abusive behavior to...
Read MoreAfflictive Emotions
are feelings rooted in the false self arise when something we want does not occur arise when something happens that we don’t want can cause withdrawal from...
Read MoreCultural Conditioning
is the set of values represented by family, ethnic and religious influences is inescapable in the early part of our spiritual journey must be reduced if we are to...
Read MoreDouble Bind
is the feeling of being torn or pulled in two directions at the same time can take place in a crisis of faith, vocation, or love occurs, from time to time, to those on...
Read MoreEmotional Programs for Happiness
are the primary energy centers for the motivation of the ego and false self may be internalized from parents, peers and culture create elaborate and well-defended...
Read MoreEnergy Centers
are the primitive instincts of human nature and develop in early childhood are sources of motivation which demand attention and gratification are...
Read MoreFalse Self
is our self-image developed to cope with the emotional trauma of early childhood is a load of habitual thinking patterns and emotional routines that are stored in the...
Read MoreHuman Condition
is the consequence of original sin or ‘the Fall’ tends to look for happiness in everyone and everything but God seeks security in possessions, power and...
Read MoreHyperactivity
is a physical or mental state which impedes our ability to settle into the quiet of deep prayer prevents us from experiencing the presence of God is addressed by...
Read MoreOriginal Sin (The Fall)
is a way of describing the human condition is not the result of personal wrongdoing is instilled from earliest childhood and passed on from generation to...
Read MoreOver-Dependence on Self
are attempts to rely on personal resources and ideas is opposed by surrender to the divine will is addressed by the divine action which confronts over-dependence on our...
Read MoreOver-Identification
is to draw our self-identity and to judge ourselves from the values of the group to which we belong is excessive dependence on our group such as family, clan, school,...
Read MoreUnconscious
the psychological unconscious contains our entire personal history, including early emotional traumas, as well as the collective experience of humanity past and...
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